Hot Lava News

Summer is nearly here! What better way to celebrate a new season than with new ways to jump, boost, and surf: A new community-created map “Sunshine Shore”; a new Chase course in School; and a revitalizing energy drink to put some pep in your step. Take a leap and make a splash!

[h3] Sunshine Shore [/h3] [previewyoutube]Sunshine Shore[/previewyoutube]
After a long winter of keep-off-the-floor cardio, it's time to reveal that beach bod! “Sunshine Shore” delivers six beach-themed courses in this new Klei-curated Community Map. Experience fun in the sun and some scorching hot sand that’ll toast your tootsies — so stay off the ground!

Completing each course unlocks a unique beach-themed accessory. Collect all six!

[h3] New ‘Chase Your Sister’ course [/h3] By popular demand, we’ve added an all-new ‘Chase Your Sister’ course to replace the torturous challenging ‘Chase the Grade’ course in School. This new course is more on par with the other Chase courses in the game, so if you’ve been stuck trying to get past this course, give it another try.

Those looking to score another A+ can still access their beloved ‘Chase the Grade’ as a trial in Mrs. DeAngelis’ art room. Complete it to unlock a new item.

[h3] Energy Drink [/h3] For those speed demons thirsty for an extra ounce of oomph, we’ve added a new energy drink — “EdgyX” — so loaded with energy just holding it will give your character an extra boost. If you get thirsty in a course, you’ll have to back out to the overworld to refresh yourself: EdgyX cans can be found in all the overworlds.

Take care, have fun, and stay off the floor!


[h2]Detailed Patch Notes - 404154[/h2]

• Added new community map Sunshine Shore including six new courses
  
• New rewards and ranks to earn in Sunshine Shore
  
• School’s Chase the Grade is now a trial with a new reward and rank
  
• School has a new Chase Your Sister course to replace Chase the Grade as the sixth course to match the format of other levels
  
• EdgyX energy drinks can now be found throughout every overworld -- drinking and holding these will increase your run speed until they are put down
  
• The Level Select screen has a fresh new look
  
• More terrain cleanup in Playground
  
• Fix main menu UI layout for ultra wide monitors
  
• Fix issues with resolution selection in the settings menu
  
• Fix sometimes checkpoint navigation icon jitters between left and bottom sides of screen
  
• Fix poorly aligned UI widgets in main menu
  
• Fix poor use of screen space on friends list
  

[h2]Hotfix - 412839[/h2]

• Fix crashes in Sunshine Shore and other areas due to build misconfiguration
  

Winter is over and spring is almost here!

[h3]Changes:[/h3]

• Winter trials and rewards are gone from Playground.
  
• Players now receive a notification when others enter a course in their lobby
  
• Emotes now display an accompanied chat message
  
• Players can now reset their own leaderboard times. Type “/resetcurrentcoursetime confirm” in chat to reset your time for that course
  
• Fixed areas in playground where players could stand on lava
  
• Fixed doorway collision in Playground Bouncy Land and School Vents
  
• Fixed random out of bounds deaths after respawning
  
• Increased step up granularity to prevent it from causing hangs on some objects
  
• Fix no navigation marker for trials after using navigation to course in overworld
  
• Fix sometimes checkpoint navigation marker jitters between left side and bottom of screen
  
• Fix poor use of screen space and bad alignment on friends list
  
• Fix wrong dog in descriptions of Basement
  
• Prevent spectate or watch replay from marking a run as cheating when cheats are enabled
  
• Removed “cheats” as a command line option to prevent unintended use
  
• Course portals now automatically highlight the next uncompleted course
  
• POI icons now remain on screen when objects are far away
  
• Fixed checkpoints staying ghosted after leaving a buddy mode course
  
• Fixed certain situations which caused buddy to explode into flames when thrown
  

[h3]Hotfix 399028[/h3]

• Fix for pause screen issues in certain mod maps
  
• Fix for the timer not starting when the player first starts surfing in Bouncy Castle